The Finnish Association of Interior Architects, SIO, has elected Yuki Abe as the 2021 Furniture Designer. Yuki Abe (b. 1974) graduated from the University of Art and Design, UIAH, as an interior architect and furniture designer in 2005 and had studied before that at the Lahti Institute of Design as well as the Musashino Art University in Tokio.

Yuki Abe (Mottowasabi) has designed for Vivero the following furniture collections: Hanabi, Blom, Inari, Päre, Caesar, Tomoko, Laavu, Kimono and Nunna.

According to the jury, furniture designed by Yuki Abe is sympathetic and playful with an emphasis on polished details and usability. Abe's designs are distinctive and inventive, and the final products combine Japanese and Finnish minimalistic ethics beautifully. Abe is productive and has gained success in a challenging field; Finnish furniture design needs talents like him and high-quality products with a twist.

Designer, interior architect Ilkka Suppanen has been selected as the recipient of the Kaj Franck Design Prize 2020, granted by Design Forum Finland.

Ilkka Suppanen has made a long and successful career in the field of design and art. He studied both interior and furniture design at the University of Art and Design Helsinki and architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology. Suppanen made his breakthrough in the late 1990s as one of the founders of the Snowcrash group. Ilkka Suppanen has designed furniture, lighting fixtures and different consumer products such as glassware to several Finnish and international companies. His portfolio also includes architecture, exhibition design and art projects.

Awarded to Ari Kanerva by the Finnish Association of Interior Architects SIO

“Ari Kanerva (b. 1976) has created his version of modernism. Kanerva is an international designer, whose furniture designs have a certain "Finnish touch". He stands out as an enthusiastic, inventive and recognisable designer with his own distinctive style.” Ari Kanerva has designed Kaara,Tuttu, Pinta, Pii and Taite furniture collections for Vivero.

La Table collection, design Jouni Leino & Teppo Vahteristo

The Silver A' Design Award is a prestigious award given to top 5% percentile designs that has achieved an exemplary level of exellence in design.

Ilkka Suppanen has been awarded the world's largest annual design award - Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize.

“In Ilkka Suppanen’s world the complicated is made simple, and the simple large. With trust and a humanistic eye, he puts substance before style and person before design”.

The prize of Torsten and Wanja Söderberg was founded by Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg Fund to denominate the hundredth anniversary of Torsten Söderberg. The purpose of the prize is to promote Nordic handicraft and design and strengthen the collegial co-operation within the Nordic countries. The prize committee consists of representatives of five Nordic countries.

Awarded to Ilkka Suppanen by Aalto University.

Fennia Design Prize 2014, Honorary Mention, Päre Acoustic Wall design Mottowasabi, Yuki Abe & Anna Salonen

Fennia Design Prize - competition is the biggest design competition in Finland organized every second year by Design Forum Finland.

ELLIPSE chair designed by Timo Ripatti wins 2009 SIO Furniture Award Timo Ripatti has also been honoured as the 2010 Furniture Designer of the Year.

Fennia Design Prize 2009, Honorary Mention, Ellipse chair design Timo Ripatti

Fennia Design Prize - competition is the biggest design competition in Finland organized every second year by Design Forum Finland.

ELLIPSE chair designed by Timo Ripatti wins 2009 SIO Furniture Award

The Finnish Association of Interior Architects SIO has selected the ELLIPSE chair as its 2009 Furniture of the Year. This honorary award was presented in the Ahead! Design District of the Habitare 09 trade fair on 9 September 2009 to the designer of the chair, SIO Interior Architect Timo Ripatti, and to its manufacturer, Vivero Oy.

The award committee issued the following statement explaining its choice:

“Timo Ripatti’s work exemplifies the confidence and contemporary vision of a characteristically uncompromising designer. As a three-dimensional item, ELLIPSE is graphically and sculpturally well balanced. The dimensions of the chair have been considered with great care and its details have been settled with firm resolve. The minimalist lightweight leg structure emphasises the plasticity and powerfully independent form of the seat. The technical aspects of manufacture are of the highest standard and the item is fully finished in every detail. ELLIPSE is ideally suited to its purpose of enabling impressive seating arrangements in public buildings.”

Asko-Avonius Prize to Ilkka Suppanen, September 8th 2009

The Asko-Avonius Prize by the Asko Foundation was awarded to designer Ilkka Suppanen on September 8th 2009 for his significant work in developing Finnish furniture and interior design.

In selecting Suppanen, special attention was payed to his versatility within product design, architecture and graphic design. The Asko-Avonius Prize is granted every third year and its receiver is chosen by the board of the Asko Foundation.

Fennia Design Prize 2007 Honorary Mention, Rosebud chair, design Ilkka Suppanen.

Fennia Design Prize - competition is the biggest design competition in Finland organized every second year by Design Forum Finland.

VIVERO awarded the ”INTERIOR PHENOMENON 2007” Honorary Prize by Interior Designers SI.

“A strong sign of our time is the phenomenon of the designer driven company Vivero. For decades Vivero has predicted the future by developing its production processes and its innovative image. Vivero has the abitility to incorporate the creative work of designers into the business activity.

The Vivero furniture collection is also worth a honorary. It represents a clean and modern design including comprehensive and continuous furniture. The Vivero contract furniture is characterized by exceptional humour and material combinations; the designs also suit modern private homes.”

The Asko-Avonius Foundation has awarded interior architect Simo Heikkilä and professor Yrjö Wiherheimo the Asko-Avonius Prize in the year 2006 for their significant work within the field of interior and furniture design. The Prize ceremony took place on May 17th, 2006. The Asko-Avonius Prize is granted every third year. In the Prize motivation the Foundation mentions that Heikkilä and Wiherheimo ambitiously has concentrated on developing the Finnish furniture design and the use of wood in looking for new applications. They have worked both together and separately in addition to teaching within the profession.

“Ilkka Suppanen has been awarded the Bruno Mathsson 2006 Prize. Ilkka Suppanen has as a designer and architect successfully cared for and developed the innovative, functionalistic scandinavian design tradition. With his creativity and professional ambition, he tests new materials and new technologies in an unconventional way. Ilkka Suppanen is one of those young Finnish designers, who with local sense and global perpective will continue the international story of Finnish design.”

Awarded to Yrjö Wiherheimo by University of Art and Design Helsinki.

Ornamo Art and Design Finland is an expert organisation for designers.

“Ornamo Ball is awarded to companies as recognition for exemplary artistic design work. Ornamo has granted the Ornamo Ball to companies since 1961.”

Aimo Katajamäki, Awarded by Grafia.

Aimo Katajamäki has created the Vivero graphic programme and several posters. Aimo Katajamäki has received the "Junior of the Year" award by Grafia in 1992 and he has been selected the Graphic Designer of the Year in 1999. The University of Art and Design in Helsinki awarded him the "Pallas Athene" Prize in 2007. Aimo Katajamäki won the award of the Best Poster during the 20th International Poster Biennale in Warsaw 2007. The poster series Vivero's "Funny Furniture Animals" was then awarded the Gold Medal.

National nomination / Vivero Oy

The Best Finnish Interior Design project

Awarded to Yrjö Wiherheimo for Ekono OTA IV office building interior design by Finnish Association of Interior Architects SIO.

The Best Finnish Furniture Design

Awarded to Yrjö Wiherheimo and Simo Heikkilä for Divani sofa system by Finnish Association of Interior Architects SIO.

Awarded to Yrjö Wiherheimo and Simo Heikkilä by Finnish Fair Corporation for Visio-100 chair.